Clip



Nw.` '30, 192s. l 1,608,705

' y J. L. MaGlNERNEY CLIP Filed April 5, 1926 Patented Nov. 30, 1926.

UNITED STATES JAMES L. MACINERNEY, OF GRAND RAPDS, MCHIGAN.

CLIP.

Application filed April 5, 1925.

This invention relates to faste-ning devices and more particularly to those devices Inadeof wire, commonly called clips, for .holding together' two separated parts, such, for example, as body springs in upholstery struct-ures.

The object of the invention is to produce a clip made of a continuous piece of wire, so shaped that it will be very easy of manipulation in attaching it to the parts to be held together, and in which it will be convenient to engage the ends of the clip so as to secure them together.

Another object of the invention is to produce a spring wire clip having its meeting ends so shaped that upon pressure being` applied to one of them, 'engagement or dis-engagement of the two ends will take place automatically.

Another object of the invention is to produce an arrangement for the engaging ends which, by a slight twist of one ot the parts, will cause them to be locked in position.

Another object of the invention is to produce a clip which may be very easily and cheaply made, which will be simple and durable, and efficient for its intended purpose.

With. these objects in view, the invention consists in the device and combination ot devices herein illustrated, described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top or plan view of a clip embodying my invention, showing the meeting ends centrally disposed.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, in modified form.

Figure 3 is a side elevation ot the -form shown in Figure 1, in position tor use, and with its meeting ends about to be engaged.

Figure 4t is a similar view, partly in sec tion, showing where pressure is applied on one of the ends to engage the two ends together.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the same, showing the device clipped to hold a pair of body springs together, the meet-ing ends of the clip being engaged.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the device, showing where pressure is applied to disengage the meeting ends.

Figures 7 and 8 are side and top plan views of the meeting ends of a modified form ot clip.

Serial No. 99,711.

Figure 9 is modified form.

Referring first to the form shown in Figures 1, 3, il, 5 and 6, the letter A designates the clip as a whole, comprising a single .0 piece ot wire, bent between its ends to form a central or intermediate body member 1, which is preferably formed in a single plane, and two end members, 2 and 3. The arm 2 is bent up at l, where it joins the body memg5 ber 1, and.. similarly, the arm 3 is bentup at 5, where it `ioins the body member 1, thus forming between the two arms and the body 1 a substantially U-shaped pivotal bearing for a body spring wire B, or other object about which the clip A as a whole, is to engage.

At the end of the arm 2, the wire is bent outwardly and then bacl upon itself to form an elongated loop, designated as a whole at 6,-the bending being in a plane transverse to the plane in which the arm 2 and body l lie. rlhe arm 8 lies in the same plane as the body 1, and its outer end is bent at 7 upwardly and angularly from the arm 3, so and then bent upon itself as indicated at 8, so that in side view the hook or engaging end of the arm will have the general appearance of a goose-neck. This bent portion of the arm 3 will lie in the vertical plane of the arm 3 and body 1. The normal inclination and relative positions of the body 1 and the arms 2 and 3 are shown in Figure 8, the loop 6 substantially resting upon the top of the return member 8. In this position it will be veryeasy to engage the clip A with a wire B, by placing the wire B at the juncture of the loop 6 and the member 8, then pulling the clip as a whole in a direction away from the wire B.

To engage the arms 2 and 3 with each other, so that the disengagement thereof will not be easy, pressure is brought to bear upon the arm 2 in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figure 4. Such pressure will, in lo@ the first instance, cause the arm 3 to be moved or sprung downwardly towards the body 1, and until the outer end 9 of the loop 6 slides up along the member 8 and over its curved back, when the resilient action of the 105 spring arm 3 will cause said arm to move from the position shown in Figure 4: to the position shown in Figure 5, which movement will cause the goose-neck 7 and 8 to enter the loop 6 and cause the extreme outer 11o a side view of' yet another end 9 of theloop 6 to entei` the recess 10 in the goose-neck. r*this position fthe :clip Will firmly hold the body springs B, B against movement away from each other, as v'i'll 'be readily understood.

In order to disengage the clip from the body springs B, B, it will first be necessary to eXert pressure on the arm 8in the directionv indicated by the arrow in Figure '6. Such pressure Will flex the arm 3, dravvi-ng the inclined member 7 against 'the inside of the end 9 `ot the loop 6. The normal tendency of the arm "2 to spring back "to the posi tion 4sho'i'i'n i`n Figure 3 Will cause the -end -9 of the loop to ride 'over the curved lportion joining the members? and `8. The spring B may then vbe moved ou't'i'vard'ly between the member 8 :and loop 6.

'In the 'clip thus described, it 'Will be seen that `the 'loolp 6 and goose-neel: end of the arm 3 'are so formed as to be positioned substantial-ly midway oi' thefbody l. rlhere are forms ot structures in which clips are used Where "it Will be desirable to have the arm 2 shorter than the arm 3, and such modification is shown in Figure 2,-the structure being `otherwise thesame as that shown in Figure 3 'and operating similarly.

After the clip described has been secured about 'tivo body springiyvires B, B, and is in the position shown in Figure `I5, 'it may be desirable to locl'r the same against accidental pressures on the 'armsQ and3, and this loci;- ing arrangement is illustrated in Figures 7 and 8. lt consists in twisting the members 7 and 8 atteibeing engaged 1in the loop 6, in'to the position shown, 'transversely ot 'the loop G. It lvill be manifest, upon considering Figure 8, 'that in "such arrangement, any downward pressure on the member 3, such as Was indicated in connection Awith Figure '6, would 'not cause the goose-neck end i, 8, Vto ride into and through the loop Aand thus become `disei'igaged trom the loop, torthe reason that the space between the parallel side members of the loop t6 Will be less than the length 'of the member 8.

The torms -thus ldescribed show the body member l to vbe straight, as are also 'the arms Q andL 3, but in the modified .form shovvn in Figure 9, the 'body member 'and the arms 2 and 3 are merged in o ne 'curved or circular arrangement with the loop 6 applied to one end andthe goose-neck 7, 8, to the 'other end,

as in the other forms ot clips, so that the ends may be enofaged iin the 'manner heretotore described.

lllhile l have shown my improved clip as Tparticu'flarily adapted .ter locking together adjacent coils of upholstery springs B, B, it will be manifest that this clip will have many other uses Which may require slight 'modications as 'to details, which Will occur to the skilled lmechanic in the art; and the-retore Wish to include in the scope of my invention,` all such modifications, providing the tivo ends oi the clip are adapted to be secured together by a loop and What l have herein called a goose-neck connection.

l claim as Amy invent-ion:

l. A clip composed o't a single piece of "fi ve bent Vupon itself to "fo'rin a -body `rr1e`m bei' 'a'nd -two o p-p'osi'tely directed arinsof iinequal length, the end ot' one arm being bent to form loop and the end of the other arm being bent in goose-neck torni tor engagement-With said loop.

Q. A clip comprising a single piece of vvire bent uponitselt' Vto Vform a body 'member and two -o'ppositely directed arms, means on 'the arm ends for operative engagement with each other, and means for causing the 'interengagement the arm ends upon actuating one arn'i., and tor causing disengagement ot "he arm ends 'upon actuatingthe other farm.

-ir clip comprising a single p`i'ece Of Wire bent 'upon itselt toform .a body member and tivo yielding, oppositely 'directed arms, an elongated, relatively narrow loop on the yend of one arin, a goose-neck bend on the other arm, adapted to be entered through said elongated loop, and means for locking v-the same after their inter-engagement.

e. A clip comprising a. single piece o'f Wire bent upon itself to form a back 'member anc-l tivo oppositely directed, yielding arms, the end ot one arm being bent 'upon itself to form 'an elongated but narrow slotted loop, the end or' the 'other arm being bent into goosejneck form and ot 'a length greater tlraii the Width of the loop 'on the lother ar'in, the goose-neclzvend being adapted 'to be twisted, ali-'ter p'assingthrou'gh the loop, to a .locking position across the loop.

' In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention atiiX my signature this 29th day of March, i926, Y

JAMES L. MACNERNEY. 

